Quotes from Novalis

Content, our life advancing To a life that shall abide, Each flame its worth enhancing, The soul is glorified. The starry host shall sink then To bright and living wine, The golden draught we drink then, And stars ourselves shall shine. Love released, lives woundless, No separation more; While life swells free and boundless As a sea without a shore. One night of glad elation, One joy that cannot die, And the sun of all creation Is the face of the Most High.

The ideal of morality has no more dangerous rival than the ideal of supreme strength, of a life of maximum vigor, which has also been called the ideal of aesthetic greatness. That life is in truth the ultimate attainment of the barbarian, and unfortunately in these days of civilization's withering it has won a great many adherents. In pursuance of this ideal man becomes a hybrid thing, a brute-spirit, whose cruel mentality exerts a horrible spell upon weaklings.

We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

Inni nie prze?yli niczego podobnego, cho? wys?uchali tych samych opowie?ci

mad, were not my perception and reasonings so clear; and this state of mind appears to have brought with it superior knowledge on all subjects.

I am a profoundly anti-juridical man. . . . I have neither any sense of law or need for law.

Centripetal force is the synthetic striving of the spirit - centrifugal force the analytical striving of the spirit. Striving toward unity - striving towards diversity. Through the mutual determination of each by the other - that higher synthesis of unity and diversity itself will be produced - whereby one is in all and all in one.

ah! tüket beni ey sevgili, sonuna kadar tüket ki, uykuya dalay?m ve sevebileyim. hissediyorum ölümün gençle?tirici ak???n?, kan?m merheme ve uzama dönü?mekte - ya??yorum gündüz vakitlerinde inanç ve cesaretle geceleri ise kutsal ate?te ölüyorum.

Der wahre Leser muss der erweiterte Autor sein.

Ein Kommandowort bewegt Armeen; das Wort Freiheit Nationen.

Inspiration without intellect is useless and dangerous; and the poet will be able to perform few wonders, when he is astonished by wonders.

Wir träumen von Reisen durch das Weltall: ist denn das Weltall nicht in uns? Die Tiefen unseres Geistes kennen wir nicht. – Nach Innen geht der geheimnisvolle Weg. In uns, oder nirgends ist die Ewigkeit mit ihren Welten, die Vergangenheit und Zukunft.

Through incompleteness one becomes susceptible to other influences, and to assimilate those strange influences is the aim.

Totul este bun, dar nu pretutindeni, dar nu oricând, dar nu pentru to?i.

De la "eu sunt" porne?te drumul r?ului în jos ?i cel al binelui în sus.

Hätten wir auch eine Phantastik wie eine Logik, so wäre die Erfindungskunst – erfunden. Zur Phantastik gehört auch die Ästhetik gewissermaßen wie die Vernunftlehre zur Logik.

One makes a great error if one believes there are 'ancients.' Only now is antiquity starting to arise. It arises in the eyes and soul of the artist.

Bütün tutkular bir trajedi gibi son bulur. Tek yanl? her ?ey, ölümle biter -i?te duygu felsefesi- i?te hayal gücü felsefesi, i?te dü?ünce felsefesi. Bütün hayat, ya?l?l?k ve ölümle son bulur. Her ?iirde trajik bir yan vard?r. Hakikî ?akan?n temelinde ciddiyet yatar. Fars?n, kukla oyununun, en renkli hayat?n, âdînin, trajik etkisi.

Bütün tutkular bir trajedi gibi son bulur. Tek yanl? her ?ey, ölümle biter -i?te duygu felsefesi- i?te hayal gücü felsefesi, i?te dü?ünce felsefesi. Bütün hayat, ya?l?l?k ve ölümle son bulur. Her ?iirde trajik bir yan vard?r. Hakikî ?akan?n temelinde ciddiyet yatar. Fars?n, kukla oyununun, en renkli hayat?n, âdînin, arabeskin trajik etkisi.

Wir sind dem Aufwachen nah, wenn wir träumen, daß wir träumen.

Der Sinnenrausch ist zur Liebe, was der Schlaf zum Leben.

The gods disappeared with their following—nature stood forlorn and lifeless. Arid count and strict measure bound her with iron chains.

There is no religion that is not Christianity.

More heavenly than those flashing stars seem to us the endless eyes that the night opens up within us.